Japanese government to discuss new flood prevention steps in wake of disasters
The infrastructure ministry will revise the government’s basic policy on river maintenance as early as this fiscal year after discussions at the Council for Social Infrastructure, officials say.
Shizuoka faces pushback after it delays maglev project over river water concerns
Construction of a new maglev line connecting Tokyo and Nagoya has come to a standstill, with Shizuoka Prefecture refusing to give the green light to the full-scale drilling of a tunnel under the Oi River, claiming the project could decrease the amount of water ...
Japan Airlines faces second government reprimand over drinking by pilots
The transport ministry will issue a second business improvement order against Japan Airlines Co. after a series of drinking incidents involving its pilots, ministry sources said Tuesday. It is rare for the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry to reprimand a company twice. The first order ...
Japan to standardize English road signs in run-up to 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The transport ministry plans to standardize English descriptions on road signs across the country to make them easier for overseas visitors to understand in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan aims to boost disaster response with more efficient TEC Force
The land ministry is establishing a system to allow for the quick dispatch of workers with civil engineering and other expertise to areas hit by natural disasters, after a succession of torrential downpours and other large-scale calamities hit the nation in recent years. The Land, ...
Consortium to enter talks with Japan land ministry on privately operating seven Hokkaido airports
A consortium of companies is to enter exclusive talks with the land ministry over operating New Chitose and six other airports in Hokkaido, the ministry said Wednesday. The move is part of plans to privatize the operations of New Chitose, Wakkanai, Kushiro, Hakodate, Asahikawa, Obihiro ...
Japan ministry holds test-ride event for ultramini EVs that could help the elderly and cut accidents
Japan's transport ministry held a test-ride event Wednesday for ultramini electric vehicles and other mobility equipment on show as alternatives to conventional compact automobiles and other smaller vehicles, particular for the elderly. The event follows growing concern over a recent series of car accidents involving ...
Apartment management firm Tateru to get business suspension order over data fraud
The land ministry plans to slap a business suspension order on Tateru Inc. over data manipulation at the apartment management firm, it has been learned. The order will be issued based on the residential land and building business law, after the ministry's Kanto Regional Development ...
Japan mandates that automakers improve fuel efficiency 30% by fiscal 2030
The government has compiled fuel economy regulations for new vehicles obliging automakers to improve fuel efficiency by 30 percent on average by fiscal 2030 from fiscal 2016 levels. The government is also aiming to raise the proportion of all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles to ...
Japan plans to tap high-wealth tourists with bid to attract luxury superyachts from abroad
The transport ministry is boosting efforts to attract superyachts, owned by wealthy foreign individuals, to Japan in the hope that their port calls bring a major boost to the country's economy. The ministry hopes that visits by superyachts, or large cruisers with a length of ...
Transport ministry inspects Suzuki's headquarters as part of probe into recall of 2 million vehicles
The transport ministry inspected the headquarters of Suzuki Motor Corp. on Friday as part of an investigation into improper quality inspections that has led the automaker to recall more than 2 million cars in Japan. Around a dozen ministry officials entered the building in Hamamatsu, ...
Nissan informs ministry it will recall 740,000 Note cars and fix problems in microbuses
Nissan Motor Co. informed the transport ministry on Thursday that it will recall a total of 745,372 Note subcompact vehicles. The affected cars were manufactured between July 2012 and February this year. According to the ministry, a front-wheel suspension spring could break because of a problem ...
